It's a 49er shiner for the Rams, who blow a 14-point lead in latest lossGary Klein
It really could not have ended any other way.
Not for this Rams team. Not in this lost season.
A matchup against the NFL’s worst defense? A two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter?
As usual, none of that mattered Saturday against the San Francisco 49ers.
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The Rams’ 22-21 defeat at the Coliseum — punctuated by a decisive two-point conversion run by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — added another ignominious performance to a string of them.
In a season of bad endings, this one probably ranked as the worst.
“Seems like it’s a little bit more of the same,” interim Coach John Fassel said.
Actually, it was a lot more of the same.
The Rams have lost 10 of their last 11 games and will limp into next week’s finale against the Arizona Cardinals with a 4-11 record.
Two of the losses came against the 49ers, who have won only two games — both, of course, against the Rams.
The season-opening 28-0 defeat at Levi’s Stadium on “Monday Night Football” was regarded by some as an anomaly after the Rams won their next three games and sat atop the NFC West.
That thought vanished as the losses mounted.
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